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December 25, 2007
the eye of certitude
The pleasure that is derived from logical proof has no eternality. If you expound a logical argument to someone, he will be happy and rejoice in it; but when the memory of it fades, so do his happiness and joy. For instance, one may know through logical proof that this house had a maker, that the maker had eyes and was not blind, that he was strong and not weak, that he existed and was not non-existent, that he was alive and not dead, and that he had had previous experience in making houses. All these things one can know through logical proof, but the proof does not last. It can be soon forgotten. When “lovers” on the other hand, do servitude, know the Maker, see with the Eye of Certitude, break bread and mingle together, then the Maker is never absent from their imagination and sight. Such men have “passed away” into God; with regard to these men sin is not sin and crime is not crime. These men are dominated and consumed.
Rumi - Fihi Ma Fih
Posted by amin at December 25, 2007 3:10 AM